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High School How Much Force to Fully Depress Car Brake Pedal?
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High School Center of gravity vs center of mass
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Undergrad Generator theory, would it work?
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Undergrad Pressure on an object as it rises up into the atmosphere
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Undergrad Two rigid bodies combined center of gravity
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Graduate Minimum time to stationkeeping, constant Gs
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Undergrad What limits the speed of a sail boat?
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Undergrad Momentum Transfer: Does Light Mass Gain Momentum?
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Undergrad Can you calculate water pressure with just flow rate and hose diameter?
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High School Design a Pendulum Experiment for Grade 12 Physics
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Graduate LC circuit model of hydrogen atom
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Undergrad Calculating Gravity of a Single Body: Equation and Explanation
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High School Can a Fly Stop a Train? Analyzing Newton's 3rd Law
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Undergrad Acceleration on a Rollercoaster (And Integration to Velocity)
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Undergrad Centripetal/Centrifugal Force and Moment of Inertia
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Undergrad How Does Green Speed Affect Golf Ball Roll and Slope Stopping Points?
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Graduate How Do Compression Forces Affect Battery Electrolyte Distribution?
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Graduate Stored Energy in a pressure vessel
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Undergrad How Does Helmet Design Impact Safety and Collision Outcomes?
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Undergrad "Explosions in Space: Can We Hear It?
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Graduate How Hamilton's equations extremize the action
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Undergrad Conservation of Energy Problem: Where did it go?
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High School Carrying a heavy box - work done?
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Undergrad Why doesn't the buoyant wheel and belt perpetual motion machine work?
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Undergrad Turn speeds and radius of system
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Undergrad Does the derivation of the SHM formula require calculus?
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Undergrad Help explaining that perm. mag. motors don't work
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Undergrad Understanding Pressure: Forces F1, F2, F3 and Their Effects on Surfaces
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High School Why do the spokes on a wagon seam to rotate backwards at certin speeds?
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High School Gravitational Potential Energy of a bookbag
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Undergrad Force of Head Striking a Marble Floow
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Undergrad How Do You Model an Inverted Pendulum with a Moving Base?
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Undergrad Deflection of a solid body with different cross sectional areas
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Undergrad Speed at perihelion and aphelion?
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Undergrad Diving Board Stress Points: Shear, Compressible, & Normal
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Undergrad Air Pressure to Torque Question
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Undergrad Formula's relevant for Downhill Skateboarding
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High School What Is the Formula for the Acceleration of Two Bodies Towards Each Other?
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Undergrad Force of Water Flow: Calculating Pressure on Structure
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Undergrad Spring constant to launch ball 70 mph?
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Undergrad Some basic questions about collision force
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Undergrad Rotational force caused by a rod through the radius of a cylinder
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Undergrad What is the Damping Constant for a Spring in Sea Water?
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High School Do resistors obey conservation laws?
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High School Solving Vector Addition Problems: Rainy Day Velocity Scenario
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Graduate Acceleration without rotation (intertial, nonintertial)
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Undergrad Mechanical Advantage in Connecting Rods: Which Angle Provides More Force?
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High School What is the Amplitude of a Pendulum?
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Graduate Pressure for ideal gas in terms of stat.
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Undergrad Air pressure caused by wind on human being
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Undergrad Do Objects with Different Masses Fall at the Same Rate in Air?
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Undergrad Is Bernoulli principle the cause of suction truck?
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Undergrad Wave speed vs. Speed of particles in medium
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Graduate Verifying Lagrange Equations for Orbit around Massive Body
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Undergrad Why do overtones diminish on a flute but not on a violin?
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Undergrad Vector Force Addition: Understanding Pressure and Force in Colliding Streams
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Undergrad Rubber Ball response to impact?
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Undergrad One of out Ideas of Gravity Falls
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Graduate Free Fall: Does an Object Reach Speed of Light?
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Undergrad Help Incline Plane Acceleration Vehicle Friction Distance
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Undergrad Is angular SHM also related to UCM ?
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Undergrad Recurve vs Longbow: Arrow Velocity
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Undergrad How Can I Design an Anti-Tilt Frame to Withstand a Force of 5 kg?
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Undergrad Calculate the average acceleration of 2 or more objects?
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Undergrad Creating a Computer-Controlled Lunar Lander
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High School Learn Aerodynamics: Get Started Today!
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Undergrad What is the name of two harmonics combined ?
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Graduate Fourier transformation: power spectrum
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High School Physics project: Self propelled car.
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Hydrogen Generator: Run on Water, Variable Output
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High School Solving Problem with Siphon: Vacation Plant Watering System
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Graduate First Integrals in Classical Mechanics: Definition & Procedure
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Graduate What is a Stress Tensor and How is it Used in FEA Analysis?
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Undergrad Error in equation for kinetic energy
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Undergrad Calculate acceleration after getting the Gravitational force between two bodies
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Graduate Venturi effect of liquid through a cone
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High School How Do Modifications Affect the Behavior of a Cartesian Diver?
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High School Work and power when lifting weights
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High School Why doesn't the Earth's rotation cause air to crash with us?
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Undergrad What Determines the Rate of Decline and Impact Force of a Meteor?
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Undergrad Dimensional Analysis - Comparison of exponents
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Graduate Coefficient of restitution in rotational motion
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Undergrad How can I predict the temperature increase of water flowing through a long pipe?
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Undergrad If the Earth stopped spinning
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Graduate Rotational Dynamics: Calculating a Moment of Inertia
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Graduate Kinetic Energy of Rigid Object Swinging in Vertical Plane
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High School How Do You Analyze Forces and Motion in a Hot Wheels Lab Experiment?
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High School Who Discovered the Formulas for Momentum and Impulse?
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Undergrad Solution: Solve a Water Pressure Dilemma
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Graduate Q: Can we consider Inertia a dimensionless vector?
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High School What Does C Represent in Physics Equation t = C X sqrt(h/g)?
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Undergrad Why does a falling object hit harder despite having the same force?
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High School Different ball weights down incline
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Undergrad Deadhang Equation - Improve Finger Strength in Rock Climbing
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Graduate Fracture mechanics versus Damage mechanics
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Graduate Has anyone done 2008 F=ma contest?
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Undergrad Calculating Impulse: Understanding Force and Acceleration
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Graduate Can Ionization Occur in a Centrifuge with a Strong Electric Field?
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Undergrad Info on soundwaves and overtones
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Graduate Do Neutral Atoms Emit Radiation When Accelerated?
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